Today’s tittle-tattle starts with a Manchester club scrabbling around to resolve their goalkeeping situation. City’s Ederson continues to attract interest from Galatasaray, and a move could unlock the departure of Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain to the Etihad, Sky Sports reports. Donnarumma’s people, PSG’s people and City’s people have been in contact to thrash out possible details, and further agreeable lunches are anticipated. As for Ederson, City say they want to keep him as well but while Al-Nassr’s interest in the Brazilian appears to have cooled Galatasaray remain keen and a deal could yet happen.
Thursday’s Newcastle striker talk has them moving for Roma’s Artem Dovbyk, initially on loan. The Serie A club are reportedly open to the move becoming permanent but would want at least €30m for the Ukraine international, and a purchase obligation clause in the small print of any loan deal.
It’s been a messy summer for West Ham but they could be seeking to tidy it all up a bit by signing Hull’s highly-rated goalkeeper Ivor Pandur to bolster a rearguard that’s shipped goals to all and sundry so far this season. The Croatian was Hull’s player of the year last term and would be a first-team contender at the London Stadium. Another keeper on the Hammers’ radar is Botafogo’s John Victor but the Brazilian club will want more than the £6m being touted as the fee.
On the way out of the London Stadium could be Nayef Aguerd, in whom Sunderland have shown strong interest, though Marseille, Milan and Roma also have eyes for the Moroccan defender. Aguerd could be joined in the West Ham departure lounge by Maxwel Cornet, headed for Genoa, for whom he impressed on loan last season. Sunderland meanwhile also fancy Bologna’s Colombian defender Jhon Lucumí and are prepared to prove it with an improved £24m bid.
Do we want to talk about Chelsea and Alejandro Garnacho again? OK, well Chelsea have reportedly now agreed personal terms with the Argentina winger in a deal that the Telegraph says is in the region of £35m-£40m.
Wolves are hoping to reinforce their attack with the Genk striker Tolu Arokodare, who was the top scorer in Belgium’s top flight last season with 17 goals. The Nigerian forward has two years remaining on his contract though so Wolves will need to pony up some cash to secure his services.
In the Championship, free-spending Birmingham are being linked with Celtic’s South Korean winger Yang Hyun-jun. He cost the Hoops only £2m two years ago so Birmingham may not have to delve too deeply into their voluminous pockets to snare him.
And finally, a bit of East Anglian transfer needle with Ipswich making a swoop for Norwich’s Marcelino Núñez. Ipswich are thought to have offered £10m (plus £2.5m in add-ons) of their parachute payment money for the midfielder, whose contract at Carrow Road expires next summer. The Norwich manager, Liam Manning, has insisted the Chilean is part of his plans, but plans can fall through and so often they do.
